Cutthroat (comics)

Cutthroat
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #89 (Jan 1980)
Created by	Chris Claremont Michael Netzer Rich Buckler
In-story information
Alter ego	Daniel "Danny" Leighton
Team affiliations	Skeleton Crew

Cutthroat (Daniel "Danny" Leighton) is a comic book character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the brother of Diamondback.

The Daniel Leighton version of Cutthroat first appeared in Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #89 and was created by Chris Claremont, Michael Netzer, and Rich Buckler.

Danny Leighton was born in Austin, Texas. He was a member of the Savage Crims, a New York street gang, as a young man. He later became an assassin and was (as his first high-profile job) hired by Amos Jardine to kill Spider-Man, in place of the mad killer Arcade. Cutthroat battled Nightcrawler, who had gotten wind of the plan, and Spider-Man, and they defeated him with some secret assistance from Arcade himself.

Many years later, he defeated Mangler and Deathstrike in a fight to the death to become the Red Skull's new chief operative, replacing Crossbones. He underwent training by the Taskmaster. He tried to persuade Blackwing and Jack O'Lantern to help him free Mother Night from the police. He initiated a brief affair with Mother Night. With the Skeleton Crew, he battled Crossbones and Diamondback. He realized that Diamondback was his sister, Rachel, and revealed his true identity to her.

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